True line Quotes

We think the Dred Scott decision is erroneous.

We know the court that made it has

often overruled its own decisions,

and we shall do what we can to have it overrule this.

Let there be no purpose

in friendship save the

deepening of the spirit.

Books are the mirrors of the soul.

The gift of fantasy has meant more to me

than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

The key to success is to keep pushing,

even when the world says you cannot.

The fundamental cause of trouble in the world today

is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.

It is not the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out;

it’s the pebble in your shoe.

A man in debt is so far a slave.

Politics is the art of looking for trouble,

finding it everywhere,

diagnosing it wrongly,

and applying unsuitable remedies.

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.

Don’t let society define who you are.

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

It is astonishing what an effort

it seems to be for many people

to put their brains definitely and systematically to work.

In the state of nature,

life is solitary,

poor,

nasty,

brutish,

and short.

Your body is not a temple,

it’s an amusement park.

Enjoy the ride.

A woman is the only thing

I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.

Much of the social history of the Western world

over the past three decades has involved replacing

what worked with what sounded good.

It were not best that we should all think alike;

it is difference of opinion that makes horse races.

Prayer is an act of love

words are not needed.

Even if sickness distracts

from thoughts, all that is

needed is the will to love.

Your attitude,

not your aptitude,

will determine your altitude.